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Principles of food preparation

1914

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Presented as published in 1914. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Pears 7 ounces, 1 to 2 pears. Strawberries 9 ounces, 30-50 berries. 222 principle:s of food preparation VI FISH, GROUP I Ounces of the following in 1 lb. Cost No of Name of Calories 1 lb. Pro- tein Fat C'hy Water Salts Ref- fuse fr, 1 lb. Black bass $0.22 1.5 0.1 5.5 0.1 8.8 205 Buffalo fish .10 1.4 0.2 6.0 0.1 8.3 205 Codfi-h .12 1.3 0.0 6.3 0.1 8.3 165 Dried codfish .08 4.5 0.0 8.8 2.4 0.3 400 Haddock .12 1.4 0.0 6.5 0.1 8.0 165 Flounder .15 1.0 0.0 5.2 0.1 9.7 115 Perch (white) .10 1.2 0.2 4.5 0.1 10.0 200 Pickerel (pike) .12 1.4 0.0 7.0 0.1 7.5 190 Red snapper .15 1.7 0.1 6.7 0.1 7.4 225 lOO-Calorie Portion of Above, as Ready to Serve Black bass 3.5 ounces. Buffalo fish 3.5 ounces. Codfish 4.5 ounces. Dried codfish .... 1.4 ounces. Haddock 4.5 ounces. Flounder 6.0 ounces. Perch (white) .... 3.5 ounces. Pickerel (pike) .... 3.3 ounces. Red snapper 3.2 ounces. QUESTIONS Why is the water-content of dried codfish higher than that of fresh? Considering the amount of refuse in dried and in fresh codfish, which is the more economical purchase, that is, which will yield the most protein and the largest number of calories for an equal sum? CHARTS OF COMPOtSITION OF FOODS 228 VII FISH, CRUSTACEOUS — AS PURCHASED Ounces of the following in 1 lb. Cost Ani't No. of Name of in Calories lib. 1 lb. Pro- tein Fat C'hy Water Salts Ref- fuse fr. 1 lb. Clams (solids) $0.20 15-20 1.8 0.1 0.8 13.0 0.3 340 Crabs, in shell .30 6 avg. 1.3 0.1 0.1 6.0 0.2 8.3 195 Lobster .25 Yi of 1 lobster 1.0 0.1 0.0 4.8 0.1 10.0 140 Oysters .20 1 pint or 1.0 0.3 0.5 14.0 0.2 335 (solids) 20 avg. Scallops .20 1 pint or 20-30 2.3 0.0 0.5 13.0 1.2 345 lOO-Calorie Portion of Above, as Ready to Serve Claras, cooked . Crabs, meat of . Lobster, meat of Oysters, cooked ounces, ounces, ounces, ounces, Scallops 4.7 ounces. 3-5 clams. meat of from 2-3 crabs after cooking, about 3^ of the meat of 1 lobster, about 5 oysters. 5 to 8 scallops. 224 PRINCIPLES OF FOOD PREPARATION VIII FISH, GROUP II — AS PURCHASED Cost of 1 lb. Ounces of the following in 1 lb. No. of Name Pro- tein Fat C'hy Water Salts Ref- fuse Calories fr. 1 lb. Butterfish Catfish Eel Halibut Lake trout Mackerel Salmon Shad Whitefish $0.15 .12 .16-25 .15 .25 .12-20 .20 .15 1.5 3.6 2.5 2.5 1.5 1.7 2.4 1.5 1.7 1.0 2.7 1.4 0.8 0.8 0.6 1.5 0.8 0.5 6.4 8.2 9.0 9.3 6.0 6.6 6.5 5.6 5.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 7.0 3.0 3.0 2.3 7.6 7.0 5.5 8.0 8.5 460 915 580 470 385 365 660 380 325 lOO-Calorie Portion of Above, as Ready to Serve Butterfish 3.0 ounces. Catfish 1.5 ounces. Eel 2.8 ounces. Halibut 3.0 ounces. Lake trout 3.0 ounces. Mackerel 3.5 ounces. Salmon 2.0 ounces. Shad 3.0 ounces. Whitefish 3.7 ounces. QUESTIONS Which group of fish has the highest calorific value? To what may this be attributed? Could the two groups be classified on this basis? CHARTS OF COMPOSITION OF FOODS 225 IX FLOUR, SUGAR, SYRUP, CHOCOLATE, ETC. AS PURCHASED Ounces of the following in 1 lb. Coat Am't No. of Name of in Calories 1 lb. 1 lb. Pro- tein Fat C'hy Water Salts fr. 1 lb. Bread flour $0.04 3 cups 1.7 0.2 12.2 1.8 0.1 1665 Pastry flour .07